Everyone should have to show a photo ID before they are allowed to vote (“The Make-Believe Tyranny of Photo ID,” Rich Lowry, Post-Opinion, March 13).

People already have to do so to board a plane. And don’t some banks ask for a photo ID before they will cash your check?

So what’s wrong with the government also ensuring that you are who you say you are?

The only people complaining are those who are probably committing voter fraud. Why else would they be upset?

It is particularly interesting that they are almost all from one party.

Bret Wallach

Hicksville

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Rich Lowry does not expose the real reason for Attorney General Eric Holder’s accusations of discrimination and his stifling of these common-sense laws.

Illegal aliens who have no identification or have no chance of getting a valid ID can now vote for President Obama.

I pray that November’s election is not swayed by these votes.

Holder should have been let go long ago for “Fast and Furious” and for not defending the Defense of Marriage Act in court.

Lowry is right about one thing: Holder is an ongoing disgrace.

Herb Eichen

Bayside

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I thought Holder’s job was to uphold the Constitution. What better way to do that than to ensure that our campaigns are done without fraudulent voters negating legal votes?

I’m tired of hearing that this will harm certain individuals.

Voting is a responsibility and a privilege.

If people aren’t responsible enough to acquire proper identification, especially when states are going out of their way to provide them for free, then they shouldn’t be voting.

Holder always seems to be on the wrong side of anything that protects our Constitution or the citizens of this great country.

We’ve read accounts from across the country of votes from dead people, dogs and even Mickey Mouse.

Every state should enact a voter ID law to protect our election process and our votes.

Marilyn Beasley

Joplin, Mo.

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Holder’s everywhere, yet he’s nowhere when it comes to responding to a congressional request for data connected with Fast and Furious.

Holder is so busy interfering in state matters — like the Texas law calling for photo ID cards that will protect the integrity of its voting system, and suing Arizona for attempting to protect its citizens from an influx of illegal immigrants — that he has no time for a Congress whose effectiveness has been diminished by Obama’s left-wing czars.

Patricia O’Hanlon

The Bronx

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I don’t blame Holder for being enraged over voter-ID laws.

Criminals, the dead and noncitizens won’t be allowed to vote — a huge voting bloc of the Democratic Party.

Dennis Wulf

Lynbrook

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If the problem with a voter-registration card is accessibility by some to obtain the photo ID, the US Postal Service should be able to perform the task.

It is currently contracted by the State Department to issue passports, which seemingly require more identification than would a voter ID.

If the so-called disenfranchised are able to get to a polling location, they surely should be capable of getting to a local post office.

Besides, more than ever before, the Postal Service could use an influx of revenue to save jobs.